Ready cut building construction



May 23, 1933.

J. RfFoRD READY CUT BUILDING CONSTRUCTION Filed Dec. 29, 1931 2 Sheets-Sheet l May 23, 1933. J. R. FORD READY CUT BUILDING CONSTRUCTION Filed Dec. 29, 1931 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 W Mi/ Patented May 23, 1933 UNITED STATES JAMES R. roan, or EUGENE, ortneon nnAnY our BUILDING consrnnc'rron Application filed December 29, 1931. Serial No. 583,716.

This invention relates to building constructions, and more particularly to an improved type of construction. by which the material may be ready cut at the mill.

An object of this invention is to provide a building construction wherein the usual studding and general framing may be eliminated thereby reducing the cost of the building while producing a building which is weather-tight and will withstand the strains produced by wind or the like.

Another object of this invention is to provide a building construction wherein the component parts thereof are permitted to 5 expand or contract without opening the joints, the horizontal portions of the walls being maintained in weather-tight condition by gravity and by locking means engaging the corners of the building.

A further object of this invention is to provide a ready cut building construction wherein the cost of constructing the building is reduced by not only eliminating the conventional studding but also by eliminating most of the nails used to secure the siding and interior wall finish to the studs and also eliminating the labor involved in nailing the siding to the studs and the labor involved in putting into position the interior wall finish.

A still further object of this invention is to provide a construction of this kind wherein the interior partition walls may be secured to the exterior walls in such a manner as to permit expansion and contraction of the boards while maintaining a tight joint between the various boards forming the walls. s

The invention further comprehends the provision of a siding construction which has the exterior appearance of logs or the like while the interior boards are smooth and due to the absence of studding, an interior finish may be applied directly to the inner face of. the side wall members.

The above and various other objects and advantages of this invention will in part be described in and in part be understood from the following detailed description of the present preferred embodiment, the same being illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure l is a detail perspective view of a buildingpartly broken away constructed accordingto the preferred embodiment of this invention; v

Figure 2 is an enlarged fragmentary plan view of a corner of the building; H Figure 3 is a sectional view partly in detail taken on the line 33 of Figure};

Figure 4 is a sectional view partly in detail taken on the line 4 of Figure 3 Figure 5 is a sectional view partly in detail taken on the line 5-5 of Figure 1;

Figure 6 is a sectional view taken on the line 6-6 of Figure 1;

Figure 7 is an enlarged fragmentary side elevation ofone of the removable tongue members or splines for supporting the inner wall;

Figure 8 is an enlarged sectional View showing the manner in which the removable tongue or spline disclosed in Figure 7 engages and supports the inner wall.

Referring to the drawings wherein like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, the numeral'lO designates generally a board of elongated construction which is provided with an inner flatface 11 and an outer 30 curved face 12, the curvature of the face 12 being transversely of the length of the board so that when a plurality of these boards 10 are superimposed one upon another, the effect will be of a log construction. These boards are siding members 10 are provided along one longitudinal edge thereof with a tongue 13 and at the opposite longitudinal edge with a groove 14, which tongue and groove construction is conventional in board construction. r e g In order to provide means by which a person unskilled in the art of building or setting up cabins, houses or the like may ut to ether a suitable buildin I have made these boards 10'of suitablelength and have mitered the end portions thereof which abut angular end portions of an adjacent or adjoining wall as shown at 15 and the abutting mitered sections 15 may besuitwithin the corner formed by'the" abuttingboards 10., A, securing, member .or tie, rod 17 having a threaded upper portion 18 and a. threaded lower portion 19 is. disposedwithin this channel .or dado .16, and ajnut 20. may. b threacla-bly .mounted on; the lower end 1 portion 19 of the tie rod 17 and a similar 5.2 h ieadablylpositioned onfthe. upper end of this tie rod so. as. to firmly clamp.

the siding members. 10. together againstven tical movement'a'nd against'horizontalmover. ment The 1ower end portion19 of the, tie

rod 17 extends'lthroughthe joint of abutting sill members 22 and the upper end 18 may extend through roof rafters or the. like so a as to firmly secure the frame of .the roof onto the upper edge portion of the side walls] of the building. Inthe drawingsgthe roof constructionor frame. has been shown in fragmentary form and designated The, lower end portions of the rafters.R:.-arev referabl cut outa sli 'ht..deree1 so asto p J, c a:

receive the nutj21and so that. no portion of the tie rod 17 will extend abovetheupper edge portion of the. rafters. R.;-

In order to provide means for forming suitable openings such as. doorways. or. win-.. dows in the building comprised of .theboard members 10, I have provided verticalfposts,

generally designated as 23,.which. comprise.) an elongated membersubstalntially rectan-f gu'lar in cross section andprovided alongone. edge portion thereof with..a tongue 524;, which is adapted to engageina groovei25e provided in the. ends of the siding members. -10 at the point at which the openingffisde-v sired to be formed. Each end of these posts or opening members 23 .is lprovide.d with. a

tenon 26, and the board l0forming the, up-. per or lower horizontal edge portionfof the. openlng s 'provldedwith a mort1ce2'1'. to.

receive the tenon 26, and this tenon .26czis constructed relatively shorter in length; than the depth'fof the .mortice .s'o. asftopermit shrinkage of well members 10 without open-'v wall members over the..open1ng.. t

It 1 ill be. obvious,,.from.. the foregoing, that a building constructed ,of the board.

members 10.will be self-supporting. and will "not require any studs or other supporting in the joints, or causingany. bow in themembers so as to hold the building in up-- right position and the joints between the adjoining boards 10 will be maintained in weather-tight condition through the use of the tongue and groove construction. The inner face 11 is planed off relatively smooth so as. to form an interior finish or: Wall to which, any, suitable finish. in the form of paint, varnish or wall paper may be direct- 1y applied.

In order to provide means by which the interior partition walls may be readily attached to the exterior walls formed by the boards. 10, ,l ;haye .p-rovided interior boards 10 which are constructed somewhat similarto theouter siding. members 10 with the exception;..that the oppositefacessof theinner .wall board members-210. are in parallel; relation to. each other, whereas ithe outer facev of the boards "10, is curved so as to simulate. log cabin construction.v These. boards 10. areprovided, with the.tong.ue.13, and V groove- 1% so that. theytcan be. superime posed one upon another.-. Theethickne'ss of these. boards 10. is .suchthat. a. relatively thick wall willbe provided although I, of

course,. do: not wish to be limited to any particular thickness. for these... inner .-wall memberslOC Theends .of the board. members .10 are provided. withrvertically .disposed. grooves 28, fo1'.. engagement about. a vertically. dis.

posed. supporting, bar. orspline 29 which is secured to the inner surface of theouter wall boards 10 bymeans of screws 80 or the-like.

Preferably, thesestrips 29. are.- rectangular 1n crosssectlon andiarei provlded with eloni gated sl0ts;31 within whichethese screws or bolts 30: are positioned so. that. the strips 29 can..readily .eXpand. longitudinally: Thestrips 29 may; .be provided with ,any desired :number. ofslots 31 .dependingonly uponthe lengthiof the strips 29. and the number of securing members 30 -which it is desired to use;

in fastening these strips 29 to the outer wall vmembers. 10.15 Preferably,;.the vertical strips a291areof hard wood, whereas-the, innerwall 7 members .101. areaof a relativelysoft wood but. I, ,:of. course, .do not wish. tobez limited-i I to. anyparticular .lzindor. quality of wood.-

to bensedeither withthe outer wall memibersalO ithe-inner wall members 10' orthe strips 29.

In order. to ,provide. suitableopenings such as doors .or thelike in the inner wall or par.-

; tition. members, 10, I haveprovided frame.

membersdgenerally designated asF, which are substantially rectangular in cross sec-- tion 1and..provided along. one edge thereof with a longitudinally extending groove-32 for receiving. anend portion of one of the inner. wall members -10-., Preferably, the,

.width of the groove 32 is equal. to the thick- .;ness of the inner wall members 10.. although I, of course, do not. wish;to be limited to any particular width of groove 32 or thickness of the boards 10. The frame members F are also provided with a rabbeted portion 33 within which an edge portion of a door or the like may engage.

In the construction of a door frame F, it is only necessary to provide two vertical frame members and an upper horizontal frame member each of which has the abutting edge portions thereof mitered so that a door frame of pleasing appearance will be provided. These frame members F may be nailed or otherwise secured to the edges of the boards 10' and in the case of the upper frame member 84, the groove 35 therein is relatively deeper than the groove 32 in the side frame members so that shrinkage of the wall members 10 may be permitted without opening the joints or causing any bow in the wall members over the opening on account of the opportunity thus afforded for the wall member 10 over the opening to contract or expand within the groove 35. In the construction of a building of this kind, it will, of course, be understood that the usual joists or the like will be provided for supporting the floor 36, which construction does not form a part of this invention and a detailed description thereof is, therefore, considered unnecessary.

In the construction of a building using board members formed according to the present embodiment of this invention, the boards 10 forming the outer side wallsare suitably cut at the factory with the usual tongue 13 and groove 14 in the opposing edges and the inner surface 11 is planed off relatively smooth so as to form a smooth finish when the boards 10 are placed edge to edge. The ends of the boards 10 extending to the corners of the building are mitered, as at 15, and provided with a vertically extending groove or dado 16 so that a vertically extending opening or channel will be provided in which the tie rod 17 will be positioned. The boards 10 may be superimposed one upon the other and secured together at the corners by means of nails, screws or the like, and when the side wall has been constructed, the securing nuts 20 or 21 may be tightened so as to hold the respective tiers or series of boards 10 in tight relation to each other.

It is, of course, understood that the roof rafters R will be secured to the tie rods 17 before tightening of the nuts 21. In superimposing the respective tiers of boards 10, one upon the other, the frame strips 23 for the outer doors or windows will be placed in the mortises 2'7 and the tongues 24 of these strips 23 engaged in the vertically extending grooves 25 provided in the ends of the boards 10 about the desired opening. These frame members 23 may be nailed or otherwise secured to the boards 10, but this is not at all necessary, as the tenons 26 will securely hold these frame members 23 against removal. It is preferable, however, that the frame members 23 be not. nailed,

so that shrinkage or expansion may be taken,

care of.

It will be obvious that tll side Walls formed by the outer siding members 10 mayjv It is, of course, understood that various changes and modifications may be made in the details of construction and design of the above specifically described embodiment of this invention without departing from the spirit thereof, such changes and modifications being restricted only by the scope of the following claims.

What is claimed is 1. A ready cut building construction com prising a plurality of elongated boards superimposed one upon another in edgewise position and having a tongue on one edge and a groove on the opposite edge, said board having a groove intermediate the side faces of the board, a locking member engageable in said groove having threaded tightening means at one end whereby to cooperate with the tongues and grooves in maintaining the superimposed boards in superimposed position and preventing vertical shifting of the boards.

2. A ready out building construction comprising a plurality of elongated boards superimposed one upon another in edgewise position, each of said boards having a tongue on one edge thereof and a groove on the opposite edge, certain of said boards having an end portion thereof mitered and provided with a groove extending parallel with the side faces of the board, vertically disposed means engaging in said groove between the abutting ends of adjacent boards, and threaded tightening means engaging said latter means for holding the boardsfi vertically disposed position.

3. A ready cut building construction comprising a plurality of elongated boards mounted in superimposed position one upon another, said boards having one face thereof smooth and having a tongue along one edge thereof, and a groove on the other edge, vertically disposed locking means engaging the ends of abutting corner boards for maintaining the boards in vertically disposed position, and tightening means engaging the signature. 20

igerqs' lockingfm'ezihs for hbldingfthe'boards in' edgeabutting relation e I 4': A ready" cut bui-lding construction com prising zfi-pluralli-ty of elongated'bdarde htmv ing one" faceth'ereof smooth and positionedtin superimposed relation one upon another, said board's having a tongue' alon'g one edge thereof and groove in the: oppositeedge whereby toprovi'de a Weather tighfi j0i-nt'bet'v veeI1 thebQaTds while permitting expansion thereof under Weather conditions; a; metallic locking. member: havihg'i threaded} end por ti oneuengaging the' e'rids of abutting angulail-y related boards; and nuts engaging the" ende of the leaking member whereby to hold the'boards' against vertical mdvement Whilepermitting. horizontal expansionthereof.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my JAMES R. FORD.- 

